...for the Orthodox the main thing in the Church service is the action of divine grace on the believers, their communion with divine grace. Here it is not...
I highly recommend reading Fr. John Fenton's reflection on his conversion to Orthodoxy from the Lutheran church, which I have copied below and can be found...
Forthcoming from Eerdmans Publishing (2/28/2012), *"Changing Churches? An Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran Theological Conversation"* by Mickey L. Mattox of...
Pr. Futrell, I look forward to reading your paper, once the group site has it up. This topic is a burning issue for me as I look east from a Lutheran pew....
Hello, For those of you who are Eastern Orthodox, I am going to take some liberty and ask you to look "west" for a bit. I have finished my final draft for a...
This is the last on on tradition from a Lutheran perspective. A correct and proper liturgy supplies what may be scarce in, and even helps correct, poor...
The Lutheran commitment as Church is to receive and keep what the Apostles handed down to us. If everything else was lost, that which the Apostles handed down...
The Lutheran Confessions approach tradition and worship with this in focus: the Gospel. Our churches are falsely accused of abolishing the Mass. The Mass is...
Hello, I am new to your forum. I grew up Lutheran and have been Orthodox for over 10 years. Recently I got into a discussion with a Lutheran about Sola ...
Prayers to Saints in the Pre-Nicene Era<http://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/prayers-to-saints-in-the-pre-nicene-era/> *By Perry Robinson,...
I understand (perhaps, incorrectly) that Eastern Orthodoxy holds that when Adam fell into sin, it was a fall, but that did not include the loss of the image of...
I came across a new book (well, very old!) of Irenaeus' Againt Heresies translated/revised by James Payton. It looks finally to be a new version of Ireneaus'...
Sorry guys. My email is spamming people. I'm working on the problem. Please forgive me if this causes you any problem. Sal [Non-text portions of this message...
<http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=20800963&postID=4490495829949773765> God Hates Accountants; or, 'God is love, and love does not keep account of...
I just posted this on Monachos.net and would also like to hear the opinions of my fellow Lutherans. I just read an article regarding Fr Peter Gilquist and it...
I am just curious as to what the Orthodox perspective is on NT Wright and his so called New Perspective on Paul concerning Justification. Are their any...
I came across these Podcasts on Original Sin from ArchBishop Lazar. I found this one quite interesting as it discusses the problems with Romans 5:12 (mentioned...
This summary description of a new book by Archimandrite Zacharias - a disciple of Elder Sophrony and a member of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist, England...
I really am having a tough time understanding what exactly the Orthodox perspective on God's Wrath is. It is clear from Scripture that God possesses wrath,...
I thought you might be interested in the recently released census of Orthodox Christians in the United States, if you hadn't seen it already. "A census of all...
Saturday, February 12, 2011 Taking our cue from Fr. Georges Florovsky, the eminent 20th century Orthodox theologian who wrote with passion on this topic, we...
The Lutheranism I grew up in often referred to the differences between a theology of the cross and a theology of glory. Ben Harju discusses this difference...
